Nonstop flight route between Usak, Turkey and Spokane, Washington, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Uṣak Airport (USQ), Usak, Turkey and Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA), Spokane, Washington, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,141 miles (or 9,883 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Uṣak Airport and Fairchild Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Uṣak Airport and Fairchild Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | USQ / LTBO |
Airport Name: | Uṣak Airport |
Location: | Usak, Turkey |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°40'46"N by 29°28'53"E |
Area Served: | Uşak |
Operator/Owner: | Turkish Government Airport Management |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from USQ |
More Information: | USQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SKA / KSKA |
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Location: | Spokane, Washington, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°36'54"N by 117°39'20"W |
View all routes: | Routes from SKA |
More Information: | SKA Maps & Info |
Facts about Uṣak Airport (USQ):
- Uṣak Airport (USQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Uṣak Airport (USQ) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,313 miles (18,207 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- The closest airport to Uṣak Airport (USQ) is Zafer Airport (KZR), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) NE of USQ.
Facts about Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA):
- On 13 March 1987, a KC-135A crashed into a field adjacent to the 92nd Bomb Wing headquarters and the taxiway during a practice flight for an In-Flight Refueling Demonstration planned for later that month.
- The furthest airport from Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,665 miles (17,163 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- With the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, both groups deployed to Japan and Guam.
- In 1995 aircraft from Fairchild flew to Travis AFB, California in support of its first Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty mission, transporting Russian inspectors to sites in the Western U.S.
- In 1956 the wing began a conversion that brought the B-52 Stratofortress to Fairchild, followed by the KC-135 Stratotanker in 1958.
- In addition to being known as "Fairchild Air Force Base", another name for SKA is "Fairchild AFB".
- The closest airport to Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA) is Spokane International Airport (GEG), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) E of SKA.
- The weapons storage area for the bombers was located south of the runway at Deep Creek Air Force Station, a separate installation constructed from 1950 to 1953 by the Atomic Energy Commission and operated by the Air Materiel Command.